I had this guy Steve at my old job who would see me doodling a little tree or a smiley face on a sticky note and he'd walk over and literally add stuff to it with his own pen. He drew a little hat on my sun once and said "that sun needs more personality." It was at my cubicle at the office where I worked for 3 years, and he never asked if I wanted help. Anyone else ever had someone mess with your desk art like it was fair game?
Been sketching little dragons on my to-do lists for years, but 3 months ago I swapped to a gel pen and now my lines look all wobbly and the ink smears every time I close my notebook. Anyone else notice certain pens just kill your doodle vibe?
I usually just use whatever random pen is lying around, you know, a Bic or something. But last month I was at the art supply store and saw a pack of 8 fineliner pens for $15 on clearance. They're not a fancy brand or anything, just generic ones from the discount bin. I figured why not, and honestly they've been a game changer for my daily desk doodles. The tips are super fine so I can draw tiny little cartoons in the margins of my to-do lists without bleeding through the paper. My favorite thing to doodle now is these little stick figure scenes from meetings I'm in (like the guy who talks too much, haha). Has anyone else found a random cheap pen that just clicked with how you draw?
I was at a boring training session in our conference room last Tuesday, and I wanted to doodle on a tiny sticky note but kept smudging it. Turns out if you set your hand on a spare binder or notebook edge, it lifts your wrist just enough to keep the ink clean. I tested it on three different sticky notes and it worked every time. Does anyone else have a hack for drawing on small surfaces without ruining the edges?
I kept trying to make this stupid mug perfect. Started with a simple doodle on a sticky note during a meeting. Then I redrew it like 8 times because the shadow spacing was off. Lol. Ended up spending the whole afternoon erasing and redoing this one 2 inch drawing. My desk looked like a confetti bomb went off from all the scrap paper. Has anyone else gotten stuck on the simplest thing for way too long?
Was sitting in a meeting at the downtown library last Tuesday and grabbed a random ballpoint to sketch a little cat on my task sheet. By the end of the day the ink had bled through seven pages and ruined my notebook. Switched to a cheap gel pen from the dollar store and it stays on top of the paper without wrecking anything underneath. Has anyone else found a go-to pen that doesn't destroy your whole notebook?
After seeing someone's before and after scrap paper sketches on here where the ballpoint lines looked way more confident than my fuzzy pencil ones, I switched for 5 days and my desk doodles actually look like something now instead of a mess of erased smudges, has anyone else had better luck switching tools just to force yourself to commit to a line?
So last Tuesday I was in this meeting that just dragged on forever and I started sketching this little coffee cup on my notepad. I drew steam coming out of it and then added little eyes and a smiley face. Then our manager asked for my opinion on something and I actually had the idea right there because my brain wasn't zoning out completely. Has anyone else had a dumb desk doodle turn into something useful?
I used to just draw little stars and smiley faces on sticky notes, but lately I've been doing these tiny landscape scenes with a ballpoint pen. The difference is just practicing for 5 minutes a day during my lunch break at a boring office job. Anyone else notice a big shift in their style over time?
I started doodling on my desk calendar at work and kept messing up straight lines for boxes around tasks, so I tried using a 6-inch steel ruler for a week. The lines came out clean but my doodles felt stiff and less fun somehow. Do you guys think rulers kill the creative vibe or are they a legit tool for desk sketches?
I was working a 12-hour night shift last Tuesday and my patient's kid left a pack of neon gel pens on the bedside table. Out of boredom I doodled a little flower on my report sheet and the colors just popped off the page in the dim light. Has anyone else had a random supply find totally flip their go-to desk setup?